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The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome

Part of The Magick Lantern Cycle

1954•38m•6.4/10
FantasyHorror

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6.4/10(63)

Lord Shiva wakes. A convocation of magicians in the guise of figures from mythology; a masquerade party at which Pan is the prize. The wine of Hecate is poured: Pan's cup is poisoned by Shiva. Kali blesses the assembly as a bacchic rite ensues.

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EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Samson De Brier

Samson De Brier

Lord Shiva / Osiris / Nero / The Great Beast

Marjorie Cameron

Marjorie Cameron

The Scarlet Woman / Kali

Joan Whitney

Aphrodite

Katy Kadell

Isis

Renate Druks

Lilith

Anaïs Nin

Anaïs Nin

Astarte

Paul Mathison

Pan

Curtis Harrington

Curtis Harrington

Cesare / Slave / Sleep-walker

Kenneth Anger

Kenneth Anger

Hecate

Peter Loome

Ganymede

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